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[megadidit]

Who's your support?

How do they help you keep going?

What would you do if they were not there anymore?

((X-posted~))

Comments

[hikari_netto]

My brother is. He's always there to help me with my homework - well, a little, anyway. He won't give me the answers, just help me figure out how to get them myself. And he's there when I get in trouble.

I... I don't know what I'd do without him. I lost him once before, but that was before I knew he was my brother. I looked everywhere for him. But I had to keep doing normal stuff, too. Just without him.

[megadidit]

What was it like to loose him? You were able to get through it, would you be able to now?

[hikari_netto]

I hated it. I was really worried about him. I didn't know where he was, or... or if I'd ever see him again. I think it'd be even worse if I lost him now. I know he's my brother now and we've had a lot more time to be together.

[megadidit]

I've lost family before. I don't think I can do it again and come out....okay, for lack of a better word.

[spectral_dark]

An interesting set of questions, these.

Phantom finds the originating source of the transmission also interesting, and seats himself in a convenient chair to answer.

"My family; my kin, and those close enough to be kin. They keep me grounded, pull me out of my profession when I need it -- and remind me that I am a professional, when I need that."

"We know that we are here for one another."

He pauses for a moment, his chin resting on his hands.

"... If they were gone, I expect I would be nothing but a manipulative sociopath. It's not to be contemplated."

[megadidit]

Just knowing that there are people there for you is a wonderful feeling.

What if it was just one of them, or that they weren't gone forever, just a long time?

[spectral_dark]

"Yes, it is. No argument there."

Phantom considers the question for a few minutes.

"That would, I think, depend on who it was, and why. And if I knew that it would not be 'for ever'."

His voice turns suddenly icy.

"I have already lost one. Whether 'for ever', I don't know -- but a long time, certainly, yes."

"Who have you lost? Or, expect to lose?"

[megadidit]

Family. But I haven't given up on finding them.

But I really want them now. I need them.

[newtovideondvd]

My posse. My girlfriend and my two buds, a little blue guy and a slightly taller other blue person.

By being generally cool-io.

I'd be pretty bummed.

[megadidit]

...cool-io?

But could you get over it?

[newtovideondvd]

It means 'cool'. Given the root word.

... Dunnow, really.

[megadidit]

Just making sure. ^^;

Me either.

[sane_minority]

My partner, even though I don't see him as much as I'd like, and... My little brother... My mom used to be.

Just knowing they're there.

... I... Don't know.

[megadidit]

No one seems to know what they'd do without them. I don't know if that makes me feel better or worse.

[sane_minority]

I'd rather not lose 'em, cause then that means I wasn't good enough to protect 'em. And... How it makes you feel is up to you, really.

[megadidit]

But what if you weren't there to protect them? Would you still think of it as your fault?

I know. I guess I'm using my question to just talk. Sorry.

[ephram_green]

My spouses and my friends are my support. They keep me going with love, and with letting me know they are there for me. If they weren't there for me, I would be very lost.

[megadidit]

Any idea what you'd do afterward, to fix the lost part?

[ephram_green]

Not really. I've no idea how I would cope.

[megadidit]

Then I hope you never have to go through that.